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approachable, a.|əˈprəʊtʃəb(ə)l|
[f. approach v. + -able; cf. mod.Fr. approchable.]
1. Capable of being approached; accessible.
1571Digges Pantom. x. D ij a, Without shadowe.. to take heighthes approchable. a1797H. Walpole George II (1847) III. v. 125 The town was..approachable only by a narrow causeway. 1856Kane Arct. Exp. I. v. 50 It was desirable that..it should be approachable by boats.
2. fig. in various uses of the vb.
1611Cotgr., Abordable, affable, abboordable, approachable. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 72 ⁋11 He that regards the welfare of others should make his virtue approachable. 1828Carlyle Goethe, Misc. I. 174 This Truth..approachable by most, attainable by some small number. |